Basketball Recap: North Side Comes Up Short

North Side was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss. They were dealt an 81-44 defeat at the hands of the Paschal Panthers. While losing is never fun, the Steers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1265th, while the Panthers are ranked 184th).

North Side lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Kristopher Anderson, who went 5 of 10 en route to 13 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Trustin Holland, who went 5 of 9 on his way to 13 points.

North Side's loss dropped their record down to 5-13. As for Paschal, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 18-6.

Coincidentally, both will both be playing Polytechnic the next time they take the court. North Side will host Polytechnic at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, while Paschal will head out to face them at 7:30 p.m. on January 10th.